Stoneflies – Join the Search!
Date: Saturday, January 20, 2024 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Volunteers needed to survey for Stoneflies throughout the Rouge River! It’s easy, fun, and a great way... Read More →
Rouge Frog & Toad Survey Training
Training is offered every spring for those who would like to commit to surveying wetlands twice a month, March through July, after dark, and record... Read More →
Dedicated Volunteers Brave the Rain to Look for Bugs
Posted October 18, 2023 The Rouge River is lucky to have volunteers who value the river so much that they show up rain or shine!... Read More →
Monitoring Update: Friends of the Rouge Monitoring Team begins Road Crossing Inventory Project
The Lower Rouge River Culvert Inventory to Improve Fish Passage Friends of the Rouge Monitoring Team begins Road Crossing Inventory Project The monitoring team has... Read More →
May 2023 Monitoring Programs Update
FOTR’s Monitoring Programs Continue to Grow For over 20 years, FOTR has been engaging residents in collecting data about the Rouge River watershed. These long-standing programs,... Read More →
Rouge Community Scientists Find PFAS in Every Fish
In 2022, six anglers who eat fish from the river joined FOTR’s ranks of community scientists when they agreed to collect fish for PFAS testing... Read More →
Bug Hunt Events and Training
We need your eyes, hands, and boots on the ground! No prior experience is necessary, but PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Children eight and older are welcome... Read More →
PFAS and the Rouge River
What are PFAS? PFAS, or Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of 4700 different chemicals used in industrial products since the 1940s. They can... Read More →
Bug Hunts During COVID-19
See COVID-19 Policy UPDATE – ADDENDUM Post September 21, 2021 Because any in-person contact risks spreading the disease, Friends of the Rouge requires all participants... Read More →
Yellow Perch
Perca flavescens Yellow Perch Distribution black dots = sampling sites; red blocks = species present